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Introduction ...
So far, we found very little information about Willowdale. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Willowdale to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Willowdale, please Contact Us.
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Willowdale (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Willowdale. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Although our information shows that the community of Willowdale is historic, it would have been located within present day Pulaski County.
To see how the shape of Arkansas' counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Pulaski County: Faulkner, Grant, Jefferson, Lonoke, Perry & Saline.
Below are the counties that are near Willowdale. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Willowdale:
- Pulaski County (The home county of Willowdale)
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowdale, with the one closest to Willowdale listed first.
- Rose City
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
- Rose City is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rose City
- College Station
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Booker
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Booker is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Booker
- Scott
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- McAlmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McAlmont is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAlmont
- Argenta ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Argenta is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argenta
- North Little Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Sweet Home
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Home is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Little Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Sherwood
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Wrightsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wrightsville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,054 people
- Gravel Ridge
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Jacksonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Faulkner County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowdale, with the one closest to Willowdale listed first.
- Otto
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Otto is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Otto
- Mayflower
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
- Vilonia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Beryl
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Beryl is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beryl
- Hamlet
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Hamlet is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hamlet
- Preston
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Preston is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Preston
- Conway
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lollie
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Lollie is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lollie
- Holland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Holland is located in Faulkner County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland
- Population from the 2020 Census: 586 people
- Grant County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowdale, with the one closest to Willowdale listed first.
- Ico ‑ Historic
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Ico is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ico
- Center Grove
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Center Grove is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Center Grove
- Ebb
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Ebb is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ebb
- Tull
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- Tull is located in Grant County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tull
- Population from the 2020 Census: 464 people
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowdale, with the one closest to Willowdale listed first.
- Plum Bayou ‑ Historic
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Plum Bayou is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plum Bayou
- Redfield
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Wright
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Wright is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wright
- Jefferson
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Jefferson is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson
- Tucker
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Tucker is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tucker
- Pastoria
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pastoria is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pastoria
- Sherrill
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sherrill is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherrill
- Population from the 2020 Census: 71 people
- Lonoke County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowdale, with the one closest to Willowdale listed first.
- Cobbs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cobbs is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Keo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
- Lonoke
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Bayou Meto
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Bayou Meto is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bayou Meto
- Parnell
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Parnell is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parnell
- England
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sisemore
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Sisemore is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sisemore
- Cabot
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Oak Grove is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Grove
- McCreanor
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- McCreanor is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McCreanor
- Austin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Austin is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,504 people
- Coy
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
- Coy is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coy
- Population from the 2020 Census: 92 people
- Seaton
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Seaton is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seaton
- Perry County
- Little Italy
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Little Italy is located in Perry County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Italy
- Prairie County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowdale, with the one closest to Willowdale listed first.
- Screeton
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Screeton is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Screeton
- Cuneo ‑ Historic
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Cuneo is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cuneo
- Hickory Plains
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Hickory Plains is located in Prairie County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hickory Plains
- Saline County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowdale, with the one closest to Willowdale listed first.
- East End
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- East End is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East End
- Shannon Hills
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Shannon Hills is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shannon Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 4,087 people
- Bryant
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Bauxite
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Bauxite is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bauxite
- Population from the 2020 Census: 555 people
- Avilla
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Avilla is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avilla
- Salem
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Salem is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
- Congo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Congo is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Congo
- Benton
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shaw
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Shaw is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shaw
- Kentucky
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Kentucky is located in Saline County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kentucky
- Haskell
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
- White County
- The following are listed by their distance from Willowdale, with the one closest to Willowdale listed first.
- El Paso
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
- Beebe
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Willowdale, see our County-by-County Page for Willowdale.
Cemeteries Near Willowdale ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Willowdale.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Willowdale - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Willowdale covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Willowdale, with the one closest to Willowdale listed first.
- Cornerstone Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Baucum Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Freeman Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- All Souls Rest Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Bethany Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Pine Grove Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Zion Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Hickman Memorial Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Simmons Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lone Cypress Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Meacham Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Little Rock.
- The Oakland and Fraternal Historic Cemetery has also been known as:
- Fraternal Cemetery
- Oakland Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #55467 <3>
- Continue List (242 more) ...
- Little Rock National Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Calva Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Lea Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.
Willowdale itself is historic and was described in the Rand McNally Atlas as having a post office and no railroad service.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Willowdale, with the one closest to Willowdale listed first.
- Fourche ‑ Historic
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Fourche is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fourche
- Scott
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Galloway
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Galloway is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galloway
- Niemeyer ‑ Historic
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Niemeyer is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Niemeyer
- Sweet Home
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Sweet Home is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sweet Home
- Argenta ‑ Historic
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Argenta is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argenta
- McAlmont
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- McAlmont is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McAlmont
- Little Rock
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Kerr
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Kerr is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kerr
- Wrightsville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Wrightsville is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrightsville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,054 people
- Dickey ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Dickey is located in Pulaski County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dickey
- Toltec
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Toltec is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Toltec
- Continue List (16 more) ...
- Jacksonville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Cobbs
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cobbs is located in Lonoke County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobbs
- Keo
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Willowdale. See our List of 1890's Communities around Willowdale.
Newspapers Published in Willowdale ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 249 newspapers that have been published in the area around Willowdale.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Willowdale, there are papers which were published within 9 miles [14.5 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Willowdale.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Willowdale:
- Websites specific to Arkansas
- Pages specific to Pulaski County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Faulkner County
- Grant County
- Jefferson County
- Lonoke County
- Perry County
- Prairie County
- Saline County
- White County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Arkansas
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Willowdale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Willowdale) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |